Saturday, February 17, 2007
someone sent me this email message and i just feel to share this to you because it's also what i believe in...
"I feel in my heart that it is time to address this phenomenon. As a Christian I honestly do not take kindly in mail that sort of obligates you to forward it, especially emails regarding our Lord Jesus.
First of all, there is no such thing as a wish; there is only faith that is knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that God will never forsake you in anything, and that He will always provide for his children.
The whole "make a wish and then send to 7, etc.. People and a miracle will happen tomorrow", etc.., is all nonsense, for the word says: Ask anything in my name and it will be given.
Seek first the Kingdom of God and all things will be given.
I am your God; I will strengthen you and help you.
If God gave his only son Jesus Christ to die for us, what makes you think he will not add things to you and your life?
Secondly I think these mails mean to make us not believe in the promises of God, but it makes us believe in superstition, which is not from our Lord.
Superstition is nothing but witchcraft, because then you believe in powers of wishes and things, and not in the almighty power of God.
The word of God says: My people are going astray, because of lack of knowledge. Do not mess with the spiritual realm; if you do not understand it, you bring curses upon yourself. Do you honestly believe that in making wishes and not forwarding stuff someone can die, and phones can ring?
Thirdly, it tries to put you on a guilt trip. Those of us who know Jesus Christ, would also know that he is a gentle person, he would not force anyone to follow him, he simply knocks, and asks, the choice is still yours.
Now please don't get me wrong, I don't mind prayer chains and mails that you earnestly feel would bless someone, but these mails that leave the impression that our God is an old grumpy man upstairs that only looks for our mistakes and how he can punish us is not right. We know what a loving Father God is.
And after all, if you have accurate Bible knowledge, and if you are a spiritual person, you would know what mail to bless someone with; forcing Jesus upon people is wrong, for He himself does not do that, so please stop offending his precious name.
Rather let people know what a great friend he is and how loving he his.
Stop sending lies about Jesus Christ, and his father, stop believing in wishes, and then believe that you did the right thing and that God would take kindly to that.
Send prayer because you want someone to be blessed through it, don't tell them that if they don't, something bad will happen to them, that they will go to hell, etc. Putting some one on a guilt trip will certainly not lead them any closer to Jesus Christ or God.
God is Love, nothing but the purest form of love.
If you don't, then continue to send these e-mails, but keep in mind what you believe in you will receive, so if you believe in falseness and lies, then that is what will be in your life. Even non-Christians believe in something, most call it positive thinking. Think about it!
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free! (John 8:32)"
Labels: Bible verses, thoughts
6:57 PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
i learned so many things today, especially from Pastor Jebo Banzuelo. here are some of his quotes gotten from different people and books:
"Failure is an event , never a person;
an attitude, not an outcome;
a temporary inconvenience;
a stepping stone.
Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be."
"Failure inside God's will is success;
success outside God's will is failure."
"Its is not what happens to you that determine how far you go in life;
it is what you do with what happens to you."
and my favorite:
"You are the way you are to be, because that's the way you want to be.
If you want to be really different, you would be in the process of changing right now."
Philippians 3:12
I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Labels: Bible verses, quotes, thoughts
8:36 PM
Friday, February 2, 2007
Alas!!! i finished all 7 books of narnia... very very satisfied...:)
#1- the magician's nephew:
- kind of weird but it really answered my questinons bcoz i read #3 first then #2 then this. diggory was weird uncle andrew's nephew who he sent to a world through wearing a certain ring. diggory went to that world to fetch polly who came firstnarnia wasn't created yet at that time. when they came back, andrew followed and everything followed. they first met jadis the witch who proclaims herself the only queen. they also met aslan who made narnia with his breath. the first king and queen of narnia came from our world, frank and helen. and everything else followed....
#2- the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
- the penvensie children, peter, susan, edmund and lucy, first landed to narnia through a wardrobe in this book. there was a long winter in narnia and it was accdg to prophecy that 2 sons of adam and 2 daughters of eve were going to save them from the spell and be kings and queens in narnia, specifically at cair paravel. their reign was called the golden age of narnia. high king peter the magnificent. queen susan the gentle. king edmund the just. queen lucy the valiant.
#3- the horse and his boy
- about shasta who was a calormene but later on found out that he was actually prince cor, twin of prince corrin and son of king lune. he, with the talking narnianb horse, bree, journeyed towards narnia. on the way, they met aravis and hwin, also a talking horse. they were also going to narnia. many thing happened. to conclude, cor became the king and aravis his queen.
#4- prince caspian
- caspian the tenth, still young and still a prince, was saved by the pevensies in his userper uncle miraz who wished to be king. they saved him at the end and lived happily but not yet ever after...
#5- the voyage of the dawn treader
- the longest chapters among the rest. caspian, now a king, promised aslan that he'll find the seven (or was that 6 or 8? i 4got..) friends of his father who helped him. eustace clarence scrubb, cousin of the pevensies, came with edmund and lucy in this book. he was a spioled-self-absorbed-brat at the start of the story; he became a dragon and when realized his mistakes he became a man again. capian almost came to the end of the world. he also married a star's daughter and lived happily but not too long...
#6- the silver chair
- Rilian, son of caspian the tenth, was missing at the start of the story. eustace came with jill pole in this book. they were given a mission by aslan to find rilian. they were helped by puddleglum, a marsh-wriggle, to find him. they were first decieved by a witch to go to a giant's place. they soon found out that they were going to be eaten by the giants for a feast. they escaped and realized they still have a mission to finish. they arrived at an underground world where they found prince rilian under a spell of the witch for 10 years already. they saved rilian and rilian was able to speak to his dying father.
#7- the last battle
- the last book. shift, a clever ape, and puzzle, a stupid donkey, found a lion skin. shift decieved puzzle into wearing the lion skin and pretend to be aslan. king tirian, last king of narnia, son of king erlian and direct descendant of rilian, with his friend uncorn jewel, fought with the calormene who were with the ape. they decieved many talking beasts that puzzle was the real aslan. they also taught them that aslan and tash(lord of the calormene) were one and they were originally called tashlan. anyway, as the story went, there were many killed in fights. at the last part, the seven friends of narnia (diggory, polly, peter, edmund, lucy, eustace, jill) were all allowed to stay at the new narnia forever. you may ask why they were allowed by aslan because he always say before that adults are not allowed to visit narnia anymore. well, that's for you to find out.:D
Labels: reviews
8:24 PM
Dianne. 19. Philippine-raised Chinese. Dog lover. TV series and movie addict. Bookworm. Most of all, God-fearing.
